1988–89 Biathlon World Cup

The 1988–89 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon). The season started on 15 December 1988 in Albertville, France, and ended on 19 March 1989 in Steinkjer, Norway. It was the twelfth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

1988–89 World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Eirik Kvalfoss Elena Golovina
Nations Cup East Germany Soviet Union
Individual Alexandr Popov Elena Golovina
Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Elena Golovina
Competition

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 1988–89 season.[1][2][3][4]

Location Date Individual Sprint Team event Relay
Albertville 15-18 December ● [1][2][3][5][6] ● [1][2][3][7][8] ●
Borovets 19–22 January ● [1][2][3][9][10] ● [1][2][3][11][12] ●
Ruhpolding 26–29 January ● [1][2][3][13][14] ● [1][2][3][15][16] ●
Feistritz 7–12 February ● ● ● ●
Hämeenlinna 2–5 March ● [1][2][3][17] ● [1][2][3][18] ●
Östersund 9–12 March ● [1][2][3][19][20] ● [1][2][3][21][22] ●
Steinkjer 16–19 March ● [1][2][3][23][24] ● [1][2][3][25][26] ●
Total 6 6 3 3
  • 1989 World Championship races were not included in the 1988–89 World Cup scoring system.
  • The relays were technically unofficial races as they did not count towards anything in the World Cup.

World Cup Podium

Men
Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)		 Det.
1 15 December 1988 Albertville 20 km Individual Birk Anders Alexandr Popov Frank-Peter Roetsch Birk Anders [1][2][3][27][28]
1 17 December 1988 Albertville 10 km Sprint Frank Luck Eirik Kvalfoss Birk Anders [1][2][3][29][30]
2 19 January 1989 Borovets 20 km Individual Jan Matouš Thierry Gerbier Eirik Kvalfoss Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3][31][32]
2 21 January 1989 Borovets 10 km Sprint Birk Anders Ernst Reiter Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][11][33]
3 26 January 1989 Ruhpolding 20 km Individual Sergei Bulygin Alexandr Popov Frank-Peter Roetsch Frank-Peter Roetsch [1][2][3][34][35]
3 28 January 1989 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Frank-Peter Roetsch Eirik Kvalfoss Alexandr Popov [1][2][3][15][36]
4 2 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 20 km Individual Alexandr Popov Eirik Kvalfoss Sergei Tchepikov Eirik Kvalfoss [1][2][3][37]
4 4 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 10 km Sprint Eirik Kvalfoss Juri Kashkarov Valeriy Medvedtsev [1][2][3][18]
5 9 March 1989 Östersund 20 km Individual Sergei Tchepikov Valeriy Medvedtsev Alexandr Popov [1][2][3][38][39]
5 11 March 1989 Östersund 10 km Sprint Johann Passler Lars Wiklund André Sehmisch [1][2][3][21][40]
6 16 March 1989 Steinkjer 20 km Individual Fritz Fischer Alexandr Popov Ernst Reiter [1][2][3][41][42]
6 18 March 1989 Steinkjer 10 km Sprint Fritz Fischer Sergei Tchepikov Thierry Gerbier [1][2][3][25][43]

Women
Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)		 Det.
1 15 December 1988 Les Saisies 15 km Individual Mariya Manolova Anne Elvebakk Petra Schaaf Mariya Manolova Detail
1 17 December 1988 Les Saisies 7.5 km Sprint Nadezhda Aleksieva Natalia Prikazchikova Tsvetana Krasteva Detail
2 19 January 1989 Borovets 15 km Individual Natalia Ivanova Elena Golovina Luiza Tcherepanova Elena Golovina Detail
2 21 January 1989 Borovets 7.5 km Sprint Elena Golovina Tsvetana Krasteva Elin Kristiansen Detail
3 26 January 1989 Ruhpolding 15 km Individual Martina Stede Natalia Prikazchikova Elena Golovina Detail
3 28 January 1989 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Davidova Elena Golovina Mariya Manolova Detail
4 2 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 15 km Individual Elena Golovina Svetlana Davidova Natalia Prikazchikova Detail
4 4 March 1989 Hämeenlinna 7.5 km Sprint Elena Golovina Natalia Prikazchikova Seija Hyytiäinen Detail
5 9 March 1989 Östersund 15 km Individual Iva Shkodreva Tsvetana Krasteva Svetlana Davidova Detail
5 11 March 1989 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Natalia Prikazchikova Anne Elvebakk Tsvetana Krasteva Detail
6 16 March 1989 Steinkjer 15 km Individual Martina Stede Mona Bollerud Elin Kristiansen Detail
6 18 March 1989 Steinkjer 7.5 km Sprint Anne Elvebakk Svetlana Davidova Synnøve Thoresen Detail

Men's team
Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 22 January 1989 Borovets[1][2][11] 4x7.5 km Relay  West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Alois Reiter
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Fritz Fischer
  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Birk Anders
Frank-Peter Roetsch
  Czechoslovakia
Tomáš Kos
Martin Rypl
Jan Matouš
Jiří Holubec
3 29 January 1989 Ruhpolding[1][2][15][44] 4x7.5 km Relay  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Frank-Peter Roetsch
Birk Anders
  Soviet Union
Dmitry Vasilyev
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
  West Germany
Ernst Reiter
Franz Wudy
Herbert Fritzenwenger
Fritz Fischer
5 12 March 1989 Östersund[1][2][21] 4x7.5 km Relay  Soviet Union
Juri Kashkarov
Sergei Tchepikov
Alexandr Popov
Valeriy Medvedtsev
  Norway
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss
  East Germany
Frank Luck
André Sehmisch
Raik Dittrich
Birk Anders

Women's team
Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
2 22 January 1989 Borovets[1][2][11] 3x6 km Relay  West Germany
Martina Stede
Dorina Pieper
Petra Schaaf
  Norway
Synnøve Thoresen
Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk
  Soviet Union
Natalia Prikazchikova
Tatiana Sharamtchevskaia
Anna Kuzmina
3 29 January 1989 Ruhpolding[1][2][15][45] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Natalia Prikazchikova
Svetlana Davidova
Elena Golovina
  Finland
Tuija Vuoksiala
Pirjo Mattila
Seija Hyytiäinen
  Bulgaria
Cvetana Krasteva
Nadezhda Aleksieva
Mariya Manolova
5 12 March 1989 Östersund[1][2][21] 3x6 km Relay  Soviet Union
Natalia Prikazchikova
Elena Golovina
Svetlana Davidova
  Bulgaria
Cvetana Krasteva
Iva Shkodreva
Nadezhda Aleksieva
  Norway
Synnøve Thoresen
Elin Kristiansen
Anne Elvebakk

Standings: Men

Overall
Pos. Points
   Eirik Kvalfoss195
2. Alexandr Popov184
3. Sergei Tchepikov164
4. Birk Anders157
5. Valeriy Medvedtsev149
  • Final standings after 12 races.

[1][2][21]

Standings: Women

[1][2][21]

Overall
Pos. Points
   Elena Golovina210
2. Natalia Prikazchikova187
3. Svetlana Davidova185
4. Cvetana Krasteva176
5. Anne Elvebakk165
  • Final standings after 12 races.

Achievements

Men
First World Cup career victory
  •  Birk Anders (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Individual in Albertville; it also was his first podium
  •  Frank Luck (GDR), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 1 Sprint in Albertville; it also was his first podium
  •  Sergei Bulygin (URS), 25, in his 7th season — the WC 3 Individual in Ruhpolding; first podium was the 1984–85 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — the WC 5 Individual in Östersund; first podium was the 1988–89 Individual in Hämeenlinna
First World Cup podium
  •  Thierry Gerbier (FRA), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Individual in Borovets
  •  Sergei Tchepikov (URS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Individual in Hämeenlinna
  •  Lars Wiklund (SWE), in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Östersund
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Women
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired after the 1988–89 season:


  •  Marie-Pierre Baby (FRA)
  •  Mona Bollerud (NOR)
  •  Natalia Prikazchikova (URS)

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